U.S. Repatriation Record
for Mary (Lanzaro) Desiano

Mary was born in Brooklyn on March 23, 1888. She was the first of our Lanzaros to be born in America. Then why did she have to apply for citizenship in 1951? According to the Repatriation Act of 1936: After 2 Mar 1907, any woman who was born in the United States and married an alien assumed the nationality of their husband, thus losing her U.S. citizenship. If this woman's husband subsequently became a U.S. citizen, she regained her U.S. citizenship. Vito became a U.S. citizen in 1952, but Maria's repatraition wasn't automatic. She had to submit this document to regain her citizenship.

Name: Mary Desiano, formerly Maria Lanzaro

Current residence: 104 Vanderbilt Street, Brooklyn, NY

Occupation: Housewife

Age: 63

Born: Brooklyn, New York on March 23, 1888

Complexion: Med? (Medium?); Height: 5'1"; Weight: 137 pounds

Hair: Gray; Eyes: Blue (BLUE?)

Husband: Vito Mario DeSiano, born in Lacco Ameno, Italy on November 27, 1885

Married in New York on July 24, 1910

Application date: June 20, 1951